The Directorates-General for Research and for Information Society and Media commissioned a study to assess the impact of EC activities related to Research Infrastructures under the Sixth Community Research Framework Programme (2002-2006). The study, carried out by Matrix Knowledge Group in cooperation with Rambøll Management and PREST, covered all modes of EU support actions to RIs, except for pure Transnational Access projects.
The aim of the evaluation was to gather a wide range of evidence of the impact of EU support actions on RIs in Europe. The overall objectives of this study were to:
- assess the added value of Community actions for integrating and developing Research Infrastructures
- reflect on the socio-economic impact of the Community actions
- identify gaps, needs and ideas for possible future actions with the aim of strengthening the European Research Area.
